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Perhaps the one thing that made me skeptical from early on is the way the film followed the Masonic Conspiracy Theory set out by Stephen Knight in Jack The Ripper: The Final Solution. Without giving anything away, the Ripper that Depp uncovers - a real-life person of the time - was believed to have been geographically excluded from the possible suspect list, in that for one or more of the murders, he was nowhere near London, let alone Whitechapel.

Curiously, the movie doesn't make much of the 'From Hell' letter that gave the film its name. This letter, written in blood-like red ink, was believed to have been one of only two letters that may have been sent by the Ripper - all the rest being hoaxes.

The actresses who played the prostitutes were simply magnificent, which created a human aspect to the drama that was essential to involving the viewer. What happened to those women was unforgivable and the movie succeeds in making the point that they were innocent victims of circumstance, who only followed their 'profession' out of poverty and desperation.

The psychic element whereby Depp's Abberline can 'see' some of the murder details is a very interesting feature and lifts From Hell onto another level.

As far as the Catholic prostitute carrying a Royal baby theory goes, there have been so many illegitimate children to royalty over the centuries that such an event need not have been enough to trigger such a systematic campaign of brutality. Even given that the Prince allegedly 'married' the Catholic prostitute in an apparently legal ceremony with 5 ... witnesses, needn't have been much of a cause for concern.

Remember, in those days, the Government was all-powerful and any official denial backed by the mere threat of extermination would have been enough to take care of any attempt to exploit the situation via the Press.

Who was the Ripper? Either a totally unknown local man, who had worked as a porter in the morgue of a teaching hospital, or somebody acting as part of a Conspiracy group. But not driven by something so mundane as a royal baby. Yet perhaps involving a bloodline infinitely more precious and therefore dangerous. A sacred bloodline, a holy bloodline. And MARY Kelly did get away. Now that would make a more original plot twist.

A trifle unimaginative, but this is still a great movie and well worth the typically excellent Amazon.com price.

A 100 year old case gets a modern re-telling. Well Done.
Having been fascinated by the Jack the Ripper case for many years now, it is refreshing to see a new movie offering a new twist on the legend. The Hughes Brothers make an interesting change of venue (considering their first two movies "Menace II Society" and "Dead Presidents") and pull off a scary and stylish adaption to a brilliant graphic novel.

Johnny Depp plays a clairvoyant detective who's powers of seeing into the near future help track the ripper in the slums of Whitechapel, a district of London where the ripper killed at least 5 women in 1888. Along the way, he meets Mary Kelly (Heather Graham), a prostitute with a good mind, and they develop a romance of sorts. Anyone who has read about Jack The Ripper will know what fate has in store for Mary. A romance between a detective and a prostitute is a strange entity, but stranger things areto come in this movie. Also adding their talent are Robbie Coltrane and Ian Holm, to name a few. The acting is superb, and the Hughes Brothers showcase themselves as great directors.

The novel "From Hell", and this movie, attempt to use logic to show us who the ripper really was. It shows the ripper as an educated man, a man with intellegence and knowledge of science and anatomy. History often painted Jack The Ripper as a lunatic who simply killed prostitutes to satisfy his desire for blood.
You can't really argue accuracy, because all you can offer today is theory. "From Hell" attempts to draw it's own conclusions, and without spoiling the movie, it have some great twists.

This DVD features 23 deleted scenes with an optional different ending. It also contains a documentary on Jack The Ripper, his case, and the posible suspects. All of this is fascinating stuff, and add to the value of this DVD collection. The film is a bit bloody at times, which is hardly suprising considering the story. But if you haven't see "From Hell" yet, you are missing out on a great film.

RIPPER Rip-off...
If you're a so-called RIPPER-ologist, this movie may be more than disappointing. If you're looking for cinema reprise of Alan Moore's evil graphic novel this isn't it either. Johnny Depp is engaging enough as Scotland Yard CDI Fred Abberline,but the movie lacks depth and tries to have "outdated" psychedelic pyrotechnics (and very good art design)compensate for a fluffy plot. David Wickes/BBC/Michael Caine televideo production of JACK THE RIPPER is vastly more accomplished both as entertainment and movie manifesto of Stephen Knight's THE FINAL SOLUTION. FROM HELL and TFS both propose Masonic conspiracy to protect the British Monarchy from a scandal involving the "presumptive heir to the throne". In my estimate the best Ripper story(unless you want to go way "back in day" for '50's solutionless,but very atmospheric
B x W cult thriller called,THE LODGER) remains,MURDER BY DECREE: where Sherlock Holmes(Christopher Plummer)stands-in for Abberline to face down Masonic adepts who are also RULERS of not-so merry, or olde England at height of the Victorian Age Empire. Again, if you're a fan of Johnny Depp you might like this surprisingly edgeless PM probe of the monstrous Whitehall Chapel Murders. Otherwise, be prepared to shrug-off the bloody, drugged-up,grape strewn path of this Jack the Ripper rip-off.